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ak smile. "Darya, thank

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ashamed. "She said she would have

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wrung her hands.

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terjected, "why don't I show him this? You might as well conco

reen, looked up at Micah. "I ju

at his own fa

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was Regina's face pr

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this?" Micah r

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was scrunched up in pain. "I

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h fr

inal moments flash

a caught the mournful look on Micah

er, she held her breath until

all button, strained her ears, but heard no hurri

her lips into

for three years couldn't even

s lack of sentimentality, or on her failure to etch

her from his mind and was on the

pped into

rs slid

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